I had the pleasure coaching with Mike Romeli the last two years at Plainfield East High School. I joined his staff in the fall of 2015 after retiring from teaching.
Coach Romeli was extremely popular with both his coaching staff and his players. His players always played hard for him. He is a...
Jack McInerny used the term "physical conditioning attitudes" during the first game. Never heard of that before.
Also how come Captain Jack McInerny didn't know the rules at the end of the Fenwick v. Plainfield North playoff game?
Didn't hear much about his golf game this year.
The CSN announcers don't real know option football.
They don't know the plays by name.
Inside veer...fullback dives at guard
Outside veer...fullback dives at tackle
Midline option...keep calling it quarterback keep
Counter option...guards pull
Rocket sweep
I remember the quarter final game at Villa Park Willowbrook. While the ESL team was warming up there were several cameras filming them. I just thought it was St.Louis TV station covering the game.
I did notice that the ESL kids seem to ignore them.
Called a friend who has refereed football and basketball for 20 years. He said under the circumstances the flag should never been dropped. And the coach could have mentioned it before he had his quarterback chuck the ball. Head coaches are always talking to the refs the whole game. But the...
To be honest I knew the rule. I was leaving the game. Turned to see the call, thought "my God they don't know their own rules."
Watched referees conference. I thought they would get it right. But no they didn't. Mentioned it to some PN fans. They thought I didn't know what I was talking about...
I was very impressed with size of the crowd East St. Louis brought with them to Villa Park last Saturday afternoon.
My guess is that at least 300 fans made the 300 mile trip up I-55. It seemed most of their fans were middle aged men and women. Not a lot of high school age kids or younger.
I...